Combined chair and wardrobe



C. E. MELCHER.

COMBINED CHAIR AND WARDROBE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 4. 1919.

Patented Mar. 9, 1920.

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COMBINED CHAIR AND WARDROBE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 4,1919.

Patented Man 9, 1920.

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CHAR ES EUGENE MELOI-IER, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COMBINED CHAIR AND WARDROBE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Applicationfiled April 4, 1919. Serial No. 287,384.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it know that I, Cnannns E. Mnnonnn, acitizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements inCombined Chairs and Wardrobes, of which the followingis a specification.7

In theaters and other auditoriums little or no provision is made for thereception of hats and wraps on the chairsor seats for the audience, andconsequently'such hatsxand wraps have been subject to injury by personspassing between the rows of seats or chairs.

It is the object of the present invention to produce a seat or chair foran auditorium in which both the bottom and the back of the seat areprovided with compartments normally closed by suitable doors, and thesaid compartments being designed to receive the hat and wraps of theoccupant of the seat. 7

Other objects and advantages will present themselves as the nature ofthe invention is better understood, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the im provement.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof. -Fig. 3 is a transverse sectionalview ap proximately on the line 3+3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. l is a sectional View approximately on the line l4 of Fig. 1. I

Fig. 5 is a rear elevation of the improvement. i

Fig. 6 is a view showing the seat raised for convenience of personspassing through a row of seats. r I

The chair isbroadly indicated by the numeral 10, the same includingthesides 11, back 12 and seat 13. The seat is pivotally. connectedbetween the sides 11 as at 14L The seat has its bottom wall, at its rearend rounded as at 15 so that the outer edge there of contacts with theinner end of the back. This will prevent a person to the rear of theseat resting his feet on such seat. The seat 13 is in the nature of abo'x,having one of its sides provided at its outer or upper end with acleat 16 to which isfhinged, as at 17 a door or cover 18. Below thecleat are inwardly extending lugs 19 which receive the Patented Mar. 9,1920..

the outer end of the said door. or cover resting upon the opposite sideof the box-like seat. Both the door and cleat may be suitablyupholstered, and it will be apparent that such construction provides ameans whereby the hat'or small articles of the user of the seat may beconveniently deposited when not required for use. 7

The back 12 is also in the nature of a boxlike member, having *OIljOIlGof its inner edges a cleat 20, and to this cleat is hinged a door 21.The interior of the box-like back is provided with suitable hooks and,if desired, hangers whereby the wraps of the user of the chair may besupported. Preferably the hinges 22 for the door are spring influenced,which is also true ofthe hinges 17 of the door 18 for the seat 13. Theback is suitably upholstered, so that the compartments provided by theback and the seat do not interfere with the artistic appearance of thechair. 7

It is believed, from the foregoing description, when taken in connectionwith the ac- 1 companying drawings, the simplicity of the constructionand the advantages thereof will be readily apparent without furtherdetailed description.

Having thus described the invention, what i is claimed as new is A chalrfor the purpose set forth, comprising a frame, including a back, legsand sides, of a seat therefor comprising a boxlike member open at itstop and having its rear wall rounded, the sldes of the seat pivoted tothe sides of the frame adjacent .to the rear thereof, a longitudinalcleat at one of the upper edges of the seat, a top member hlngedlysecured thereto, transverse cleats for supportlng the top member whenthe same is closed, and the rear wall of the seat designed to contactwith the lower wall of the back to normally sustain the seathorizontally on the frame.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

CHARLES EUGENE MELCHER. Y

